Music recommendation: Exile by Taylor Swift Ft. Bon Iver
Listen at the middle to last part of the chapter ;)
"She is beautiful like you"
"Thank you..I'll be going now"
"Hmmm..." Saff replied as he nods
"Ah Saff...thank you for helping me there at the bar"
"It sounded more pleasant hearing you call me by my name...good night miss Emy"
Emy gently smile with his words, then he get off the car and wave goodbye at him, he smiles and nods as he wait for her until she was inside their gate.
He shifts his gaze to the little girl as she leaves the terrace and head inside the house, and then he started to drive back to the dorm.
"Mom...have you eaten dinner?" Amy says as she welcomes Emy,
"My love why are you still awake at this time?" Emy says as she hugs her daughter,
"I'm trying to wait for you...you must have been tired from work mom...you know grandma cooked your favorite dinner" Amy says then they both look at Mrs. Prim heading down the stairs,
"Come here and I'll prepare your dinner...Amy you want to join your mom too?!" Mrs. Prim says,
"Yes grandma!" Amy excitedly affirms.
The three of them head towards the dining area, as Mrs. Prim serves the foods at their table, the mother and daughter already sits and wait there. Amy unable to control her curiosity, she goes ahead and asks her mom "who is that man that sent you home mom?"
Emy was a bit surprised at Amy's direct question, she then says "oh! That's my co-worker" she answered as she looks from her daughter to her mother who is already looking and observing her now.
"I thought its uncle Harry's but then I looked at the car and I knew it was not his so I just asked you mom" Amy says trying to hide her curiosity but in truth she really wants to ask more about the man.
"Ah...uncle Harry is not available tonight so he offered to take me home instead, he is a new friend of mine" Emy trying to end her daughter's curiosity.
"Then we would like to meet him...is Grandma right my little amy?!" Mrs. Prim act seriously but she is really teasing Emy now by picking her granddaughter's side.
"Ah...I'm not sure of that, he is usually very busy" Emy trying to decline her mom's invitation,
"Oh sure he can manage his schedule and make time to visit us here...right my little Amy?!" Mrs. Prim teases more,
"Yes! Please mom you should invite him..." Amy says as she looks adorable now!
'Oh shit!' Emy thought cursing in her mind while showing her fake smile to both of them.
Meanwhile, a luxurious Lexus LC 500 was parked in front of a High-end building; it is a condominium with twenty five floors. Ada had been sitting at the driver's seat for about an hour now after leaving the bar, still trying to call Harry's phone number but up to this hour it is still unable to reach.
She had been doing this since the receptionist said that the owner of the room 107 had still not arrived, and she looks like a spy or an undercover waiting for her target to be back on his hide out.
She slumped against the car seat losing her patience as she also felt anxiousness raising within her now, 'where are you Harry?' this was the only words that is repeatedly going through her mind now. She closed her eyes for a second trying to calm herself, looks like the effect of martini is acting up now as if she is being melodramatic with the music playing with his car stereo now.
Suddenly she opens up her eyes with the amount of light that is reflecting through her wind shield, raising her hand to her forehead so she can see thoroughly without being dazzled by the car's headlight; it is Harry's car that went inside the building's parking space.
Ada quickly retouch her make-up and comb her hair to prepare herself so she won't look careworn in front of him, then he got out of her car and went inside again. She quickly approach the receptionist to inform Harry that he has a visitor, after a few seconds she went up at the 20th floor of the building as Harry instructs the receptionist to let Ada see him directly.
As the elevator door opens, Ada's heart beat also race as she gets nervous walking towards Harry's room. She and Emy used to go here before so she is quite familiar with the place but tonight's atmosphere is different and it has been few days when he last saw Harry, adding up the conflict situation that had happened the last time they had been together.
When she knocked twice, the door gently opened and she was surprised to see a girl she had not met before.
"Hi! You must be Ada?" the girl asked,
"Yes I am, is Harry there?" her eyebrows furrowed,
"Come in, he is at the bathroom" the girl calmly answered, Ada entered the room and the girl closed the door after her.
Ada silently observes Harry's space, looking neat and as organize as always, she brushed out the malicious thought that she has when she saw the girl opened the door though this is not usual for Harry.
"Hi ada!" greeted Harry as soon as he gets out of the bathroom,
"Hi harry…" Ada is a bit dumbstruck to finally see Harry in front of her, he looks well she thought to herself, seeing Harry now flushes out all her worries about him and it is like her heavy heart had finally lightened its weight.
"What brings you here at this hour?" Harry curiously asked, he worries for a second but he didn't let it show in front of Ada.
"Have you eaten dinner already?" he continues to casually asked.
"Hmm...No-nothing urgent I mean and yes I already had dinner with Emy" stuttering a bit as Ada felt awkward at the other girl's presence there as she talk with Harry right now.
"Oh so you were with emy..." Harry said as he signaled Ada to have a seat on the couch while he sat across her beside the other girl who is quietly observing them and listening to their conversation.
Ada's gaze shifts from Harry to the other girl beside him now and the little space they have in between their sitting position, she couldn't understand the mixed emotions she is feeling right now, as the fake smile that she is showing awhile ago was now gone and replaced with a frown. Harry caught her expression, but then she quickly hides it from showing in front of them covering it with a fake smile once again as well.
"We had a little celebration for her new job...we have been calling you but we can't seem to reach your phone number? And your colleague also told us that you have filed for an indefinite leave?" Ada carefully asked.
"Oh! My cell phone got lost and so I had to buy a new one of course with a new number now...with the leave, yes I did filed..." his voice trailed off but he pretended to casually answered her and continue to say "by the way this is Abby Williams, my partner…" Ada's one eyebrow twitched when he mentioned 'partner' and then Harry continues "my business partner...we were working on something that's why I filed for an indefinite leave".
"And...We're kind of having fun as we travel a lot for the preparations! it is also like a short vacation for Harry" Abby excitingly said as she joins the conversation while passionately looking at Harry as he looks back at her giving his gentle smile.
Ada notices their exchange of look and the fake smile that she was wearing all along slowly disappeared to be replaced with intense look towards them. 'What is this feeling? It is suffocating' she thought to herself.
Feeling extremely uncomfortable now she says "I see...so that was it?! You seem very busy, huh? You can't even tell us that you had a new number? Well it is really surprising of you, harry! Looks like it's not just a number you had newly bought but also a new personality as well...anyway I'll better be going now" she smirked and continue to say "oh! It is nice to meet you Abby, both of you should enjoy yourselves now!" she stood up from her seat and walked out from there without looking back at Harry.
Ada immediately go back to her car, starts the car engine and drive at a furious speed. Tears are starting to well up on her eyes now, feeling very disappointed at Harry's behavior and to herself as well as she can't even get angry at him for that! It turned out that she and Emy was worried for nothing! And looks like he doesn't even care at all! He even got someone to accompany him now without even bothering to reach for her or Emy about his new plans!
"What the hell?! Damn you Harry!" she shouted inside her car while driving, and then she suddenly pulled over at the side of the road.
Holding tight onto the steering wheel she let out her tears as she cries her heart out, her heart is aching, she knew it from the moment she saw a woman inside his condominium and their intimate look at each other, it broke her heart but she pretends to ignore that feeling until it burst now and she can't help it anymore.